Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: Use more common error handling code in pcpu_get_vm_areas()

From: Uladzislau Rezki

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 13:41:50 EST


On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 06:14:52PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:00:16 +0200
>
> Use an existing label once more so that a bit of exception handling can be
> better reused at the end of this function implementation.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 1afca3568b9b..21a890586fef 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -5198,9 +5198,7 @@ struct vm_struct **pcpu_get_vm_areas(const unsigned long *offsets,
> kfree(vms[area]);
> }
> spin_unlock(&free_vmap_area_lock);
> - kfree(vas);
> - kfree(vms);
> - return NULL;
> + goto err_free2;
> }
>
> /**
> --
> 2.54.0
>
More removing then adding!

Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>

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